The program offers positions within the Clinical Psychology program in the following eight areas of emphasis
Interprofessional Mental Health:Three subtracts addressing different aspects of clinical training and interprofessional practice are available, offering the resident a range of individual and group psychotherapy training as well as involvement in a variety of interprofessional hospital- and community-based teams.
Interdisciplinary Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR):Within this position, the resident will become part of a team of post-graduate fellows. Residents train within two primary PSR venues, and will also become actively involved in program development and educational dissemination.
Community Reintegration: Within this position, three innovative psychosocial rehabilitation programs at the Bedford VA are integrated into a recovery-focused resident training, involving supported employment, supported self-employment and supported education.
Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH):Residents fully participate in all aspects of an integrated PCBH program. In addition, residents will be a part of a collaborative training program with the UMass School of Medicine
Interprofessional LGBT Care: This position offers a unique opportunity to work with LGBT Veterans through direct clinical individual and group interventions. The resident will also be involved in program development, outreach, supervision, and research/program evaluation.
Intimate Partner Violence: This innovative program offers a unique opportunity to work with Veterans who use or experience interpersonal violence in their relationships. The resident will engage a range of assessment and intervention with Veterans as well as program development and outreach activities.
Tobacco Cessation Treatment Program: The resident will engage in motivational enhancement and other empirically-based interventions via individual and group psychotherapy with veterans who smoke. Opportunities for research also exist.
Geropsychology: Provides a resident with a working knowledge and skillset for providing the best care practices to older veterans, their families and related care systems. Rotations from four programs are included in this training experience: Community Living Centers, Hospice and Palliative Care Center (inpatient unit and hospital-wide PCC team), Home-Based Primary Care Team (HBPC), and the Outpatient Geropsychology Clinic.